Vancouver Island Local History Society @vilocalhistory.bsky.social We support history work that is inclusive, diverse, and representative of communities in the past and present 🌲 VILocalHistory.ca
🛤️ Travelling exhibit on now: TheGreatLandGrab.ca
Arden English @ardenenglish.bsky.social SFU Undergrad. I love Brentwood Town Centre.
Check out my work on The Greater Discussions
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Cariad Heather @cariad.bsky.social Professional dork. Writing a book under the working title, "Reconnect"
One half of @shawiniganmoments.ca & producer for @dwelltime.ca
https://cariad.keigher.ca
she/they sí/síu 🏳️🌈🇮🇪🇨🇦
Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca Leadership communications for great causes and big ideas.
🌹BCFED Communications Director
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John Ackermann @jackermann.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster — formerly 1130 NewsRadio - CityNews - CHEK News — seeking new opportunities
Jeromy Farkas @jeromyyyc.bsky.social Calgary Mayor | Pathfinder, non-profit CEO, and community builder | Housing, jobs, safety, and trust | It’s time for a new path forward. 🍁
www.jeromy.ca
Derek DeCloet @decloet.bsky.social Executive editor for Canada at Bloomberg News. Opinions are mine; likes are often bookmarks. Facts matter.
Work email: ddecloet@bloomberg.net
Also: decloet@protonmail.com
Kurt Andersen @kurtandersen.bsky.social New novel coming in August: THE BREAKUP
Others include Evil Geniuses, Fantasyland, You Can’t Spell America Without Me, True Believers, Heyday, Turn of the Century.
Co-created CommandZseries.com, ran Studio 360, New York, SPY
https://www.kurtandersen.com
John Hollinger @johnhollinger.bsky.social The Athletic NBA columnist
PER creator - Former Grizzlies VP Basketball Ops - Former ESPN
Wahoowa - Commanders - Brewers - Timbers - huh?
Atlanta/a hotel
Kevin Van Valkenburg @kvanvalkenburg.bsky.social Director of Content, Fried Egg Golf
kvv@thefriedegg.com
John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social All grown up now. I made the podcast Broomgate: A Curling Scandal and I wrote a book about curling (pinned) and I tell jokes sometimes.
Podcasts:
@jeopardypodcast.bsky.social
@thepodkast.bsky.social
@blockedparty.bsky.social
Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social Canadian Urbanist and Chief Planner for the City of Toronto 🇨🇦
Nadine @nadinenakagawa.bsky.social Organizer & activist, cofounder of The Feminist Campaign School. Also #NewWest city councillor but speaking for self here. (She/her)
sarah krichel @sarahkrichel.bsky.social writer & editor ☁️ associate editor @thetyee.ca
Denis Agar (he/him) @denisagar.bsky.social Transit polls well. We use that popularity to push for more reliable & abundant transit. Let's make it better than driving.
I'm in Vancouver, unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ land.
ED @movementyvr.bsky.social
cohost @dwelltime.ca pod
Ben Spurr @benspurr.bsky.social City hall bureau chief at the Toronto Star
Catherine Garrett @cathgarrett.bsky.social Video journalist @ CBC Grande Prairie
Spoken word poet/video game enthusiast
Treaty 8 territory | Catherine.Garrett@cbc.ca | They/She
TSN @tsnofficial.bsky.social Canada's Sports Leader. https://www.tsn.ca/subscribe/
CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social Backup Lumumba -
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Hire me, I need a full time job
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Will Shelling (he/him) @willshelling.bsky.social account director @counselpa, director @whiteribbon, alum @ubc - T Theresa McManus @theresamc.bsky.social
Lisa Dekleer (she/her) @lisadekdek.bsky.social 
Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social International-Affairs Columnist, The Globe and Mail. Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy. Author of Arrival City, The Myth of the Muslim Tide, Maximum Canada, etc. http://dougsaunders.net 
kevin @kevinharding.ca Public policy nerd, co-op believer, photographer, wannabe polyglot. I talk a lot about co-ops, policy, laws, legislation, economies, and more.
📍 Vancouver, unceded Coast Salish land
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Views here are my own and do not represent my employer.
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Ryan North @ryannorth.ca You know, the @qwantz.com guy! The How To [Invent Everything | Take Over The World] guy? The Fantastic Four / Flash / Squirrel Girl guy? The non-linear Shakespeare guy? The "stuck in a hole with his dog" guy?
Look... I'm a lot of guys
🔗 ryannorth.ca
Iglika Ivanova @iglikaivanova.bsky.social Co-Executive Director @bcpolicy.bsky.social, previously senior economist @ccpabc (bc office now closed). Co-Director, Understanding Precarity in BC Project. Mom. Working towards a more inclusive & sustainable economy. Opinions are my own.
Aaron Chapman @theaaronchapman.bsky.social Vancouver BC Historian, Author, Musician, & even Voice Actor lately! 2 time BC Book Prize Winner. Elected to Royal Historical Society in 2020. Co-host of the Chat Room on Sportsnet 650am. Canadian/UK citizen .
Ask around, my story checks out.
Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz Old Seminole Heights — Tampa — Florida — U.S.A.
Journalist. Consultant. Neighborhood trustee. Voting rights advocate. Non-profit theater board member. Citrus grower. Beagle foster dad. Wife guy.
Signal: 352.222.2706
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Patrick Penner @portmoodypigeon.bsky.social Journalist with Tri-Cities Dispatch. Totally not a bird. Feed me tips: patrick.penner@tricitiesdispatch.com
Jesse Woodward @woodward.chly.ca Executive Director/Host/Producer at @chly1017fm in Nanaimo. Audio Editor at Politicoast. He/him/they/them. Millennial and anti-dystopian. Posting on the Salish Sea from the traditional territory of the Snuneymuxw. 🚲📻🎧📷
www.chly.ca
Vision Zero Vancouver @visionzerovancouver.ca Every year in Metro Vancouver, car crashes kill 100 people. We can get to zero by demanding governments design transportation systems to put safety first. http://linkin.bio/visionzeroyvr
Philip Bump @pbump.com Hearst data editor and columnist
Formerly: Washington Post
Book: "The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America"
Newsletter: www.ctinsider.com/newsletters/data/
Email: hello@pbump.com
Signal: pbump.11
J.D. Burke @jdburke.bsky.social “Iconoclastic take machine” | Hockey takes ✍️ @EliteProspects | Occasional Canucks takes 🎙 @RoxyFever | 🍉🇵🇸 | he/him
Handyman Hans @handyman.bsky.social Fixing small appliances because the rest of the world seems beyond saving.
Game Boy Ain't Right @gb-aint-right.vampirefriday.org King of the Hill screenshots rendered to look like original Game Boy images. No AI, just good old fashioned Python and the Python Image Library.
A project by @ben.vampirefriday.org
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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social Co-Host, "Missing Middle". Husband. Father. Brother. Son. Economist. Housing guy. I used to do other stuff. 
Bill Barnwell @billbarnwell.com ESPN writer/yapper
Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social I make ice cream and do science and suck at fly fishing. YYC
glaciers - geohazards - climate - geomorphology - geomatics - gelato
He/him
Fellow, @rcgssgrc.bsky.social
Duncan Watts-Grant @wgdonc.bsky.social Executive Director of the Vancouver Fringe, Musician, political dilettante, and enthusiast of the mundane.
Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social NFL analyst at ESPN.
Iona Bonamis | 陶思穎 (she/her) @ionabonamis.bsky.social OneCity Vancouver City Council Candidate. Urban planner, community leader, small business owner, and a mom.
All views expressed are my own.
Caitlin Stockwell @caitlinstockwell.bsky.social Strathcona resident. Climate advocate. Lawyer for Indigenous governments.
Vancouver City Council candidate with OneCity.
Jay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social Senior writer at @FanGraphs.com, formerly SI.com and Baseball Prospectus, creator of JAWS, author of The Cooperstown Casebook (2017). Not sticking to sports or paying $8.
Adrian Dix @adriandix.bsky.social BC NDP MLA for Vancouver-Renfrew. Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions. Collingwood resident.
William Azaroff for Mayor @wazaroff.bsky.social Community housing leader & city builder.
Running for Mayor of Vancouver with OneCity.
Vote by Oct 17 🗳️
https://www.onecityvancouver.ca
Samantha Agtarap @sam4pomo.bsky.social #PortMoody Cllr, engineer, parent, small biz owner. Opinions my own. Retweets/likes not endorsements. She/her
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James Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social Mama told me not to but I did it anyway
Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social takesman and jokesman
YYZ ✈️ YVR
somebody @stevemay.bsky.social Harried ex-MHA president. Canucks fan. Mostly Happy
Museum of Vancouver @museumofvan.bsky.social Vancouver's story begins here. #AtMOV
We are open seven days a week!
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MetroVan Project Tracker @metrovanprojects.bsky.social We track Metro Vancouver projects in a central place and share updates. https://metrovanprojects.com/
WSFerrys @wsferrys.bsky.social The second best ferrys parody account...IN THE WORLD
“Parody is the last refuge of the frustrated writer.” - Ernest Hemingway
"Satire is a sort of mirror glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own." - Jonathan Swift
Kristen de Jager @kristendejager.bsky.social I write things, sometimes.
Jerimy Earl @jerimyadamearl.bsky.social FI Comms guy, City Councillor, dad, spouse, and musician in the far north. Pretending to be normal and failing miserably. Opinions are my own.
Rain City Games @raincity.games Purveyor of fine cardboards.
www.raincity.games
Government of British Columbia @governmentofbc.bsky.social Official Government of BC Bluesky account.
Moderation policy and collection notice: http://news.gov.bc.ca/23589
Sobia Moman @sobiamoman.bsky.social Journalist in Surrey at the Vancouver Sun | Interested in social issues reporting | she/her
Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social Host of Local News International
Non-partisan public data petition: https://usafacts.org/data-we-depend-on/
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Darrin Rigo @darrinrigo.bsky.social Northern BC | Photography | Rural Urbanist
📍Lheidli T’enneh / Prince George
Mica Jorgenson @micaamy.bsky.social 🔥 professional fire nerd🔥| Dr. of #envhist | recovering academic | 53.9171° N | loves maps | fun stuff advocate | personal account
Colin Coates @ccoates.bsky.social Historian of early French Canada, the environment, and utopias. Also a keen curler. 
Forrest Pass @forrestpass.bsky.social Historian, curator, heraldist, vexillologist, collector of arcane and eclectic Canadiana. All opinions my own. Likes, reskeets =/= endorsement.
@parkboardscott.bsky.social @parkboardscott.bsky.social Metis, Vancouver Park Board Commissioner at Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation, Co-Chair Childcare Council of Vancouver, VSB Elementary School Teacher
Lori Culbert @loriculbert.bsky.social Mother. Hiker. Skier. North Shore enthusiast. Canada lover. Newspaper reporter. Story ideas: lculbert@postmedia.com
Tina Adcock @tinaadcock.bsky.social Cultural and environmental historian of northern and western Canada. Associate professor @ SFU. Author: *A Cold Colonialism: Modern Exploration and the Canadian North.* New research: oil & queer histories🛢️👩❤️👩 More @ tinaadcock.com
Jessica Gutteridge aka Hotsy Flashy @gateau.bsky.social Mother, Managing Director of The Improv Centre, mystery craver, rhinestone magpie, student of Yiddish, burlesque baby as Hotsy Flashy, chaos bi, ex-lawyer, forever NYer, knitter, nosher. She/her/זי. Vancouver 🏳️🌈🌸💜🦋
https://hotsyflashy.etsy.com
Randene Neill, MLA, Powell River-Sunshine Coast @randeneneillmlabc.bsky.social Minister of Water, Land, and Resource Stewardship
Michael Hall @michaelhall.bsky.social New Westminster
Trying to get the humble bus the respect it deserves 🚍♥️
Reece Martin @rmtransit.bsky.social Writer, CS Grad, environmentalist and optimist.
Focused on infrastructure, macro-systems, and excellence. Bylines in The Globe and Mail, Maclean's, and Toronto Star. DMs Open.
https://www.thetransitbrief.net/
NBA @nba.com The official account for the NBA
Eric Koreen @ekoreen.bsky.social Senior writer/editor covering the Raptors and the NBA. Invented the #HotTake.
I'm all out of faith/This is how I feel
DriveBC Bot @drivebc-bot.bsky.social DriveBC Alert Bot
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Sarah Z @sarahz.bsky.social Sometimes I make YouTube videos. Right now I play a lot of chess!!! Tomorrow, who knows?
City Duo @city-duo.bsky.social We're Hannah and Darren, a married couple in Vancouver.
We cover civic meetings, open houses, as well as other changes across our city's urban fabric. We strive for a diverse, informed, and inclusive community.
Trevor Crawley 🇨🇦 @trevorcrawley.bsky.social All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
Journalist - Cranbrook Townsman
Bronwyn Beairsto @bronwynbeairsto.bsky.social Hi from the Sunshine Coast (not the Australian one) 🙋🏻♀️
Jackie Dives @jackiedives.bsky.social Vancouver-based photojournalist working for NYT, Globe and Mail, Guardian, WSJ etc. www.jackiedives.com 
Kalyeena Makortoff @kalyeena.bsky.social Banking correspondent for the Guardian, but really all things City and finance
Tips to kalyeena.makortoff@theguardian.com
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TransLink Mayors' Council @mayorscouncil.bsky.social The collective voice of Metro Vancouver mayors on transit and transportation. For more info and our meeting calendar and agendas, go to: https://www.translink.ca/about-us/about-translink/mayors-council-on-regional-transportation
James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca The Guardian newspaper once called me a "Guerrilla Satirist" and the premier of Newfoundland and Labrador once called me "an arsehole."
Former journalist. Artist. Writer. Comms guy.
Robin Wilde @robinwilde.me InDesign in the streets, Photoshop in the sheets. Creative Director at @wildebeest.design
Londoner, via Vancouver, Seattle, and Sheffield.
Discretionary Vancouver @discretionary-yvr.bsky.social A bot by @grids.reillywood.com that posts updates from Vancouver's shapeyourcity.ca website. Every project I post requires a discretionary approval process. https://github.com/rgwood/RezoningScraper
Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social I am an independent Senator, representing Alberta in the Senate of Canada. I live on Treaty Six Territory. Host of the podcast Alberta Unbound. She/her/elle Vive le Canada. Forever a Canadian. senatorpaulasimons.ca
Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social Your Canadian Public Aggregator For Polling, Data, and Other Related Canadian Content // 338Canada Contributor // Consider Supporting: http://ko-fi.com/polling 🇨🇦🇺🇦
Stewart Prest @stewartprest.ca Recalcitrant Canadian. Political scientist at UBC in Vancouver. I research, teach and talk international relations, BCpoli, comparative democratic institutions, and contentious politics. stewartprest.ca | https://stewartprest.substack.com
SEAN ORR @seanorr.bsky.social Vancouver city councillor
Aura @aurahack.ca artist + gamedev
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Vancouver, BC
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Annette Reilly @annettereilly.bsky.social Candidate for Vancouver City Council
Green Party 🌿
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Local BC News Headlines - Curated by CivicInfo BC @bcheadlines.bsky.social Links to stories about British Columbia local governments and First Nations, posted Mondays though Fridays, excluding holidays. Also on Mastodon.
Alison James @alisonjames.bsky.social Jokes. Books. Politics. Writing. Nancy Drew. #yyj. Salt. 
Scott Harrison @scottharrisonqb.bsky.social Small town councillor, affordable housing advocate, kidney donor, and reader of way too many insufferably pretentious books.
Jodie Wickens @jodiewickens.bsky.social MLA for Coquitlam Burke Mountain & Minister of Children and Family Development
The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com Satirical news by & for autistic people (poor things). Founded by Sara Gibbs & Elsa Williams; run by Sara Gibbs & Sarah Amero
It’s a Superpower?? is out now: https://allmylinks.com/itsasuperpower
www.thedailytism.com
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MelanieMcCollum 🍁🚲 @melanievi.bsky.social Courtenay Councillor--> climate action/ housing affordability/ livable cities/ environment/ active transportation/
it's bleak these days, but I haven't given up on humanity
Dan Mangan @danmanganmusic.com Natural Light - OUT NOW // txt me “😇” @ 310-347-4597 to join back end effort
Mike Buda @mikebuda.bsky.social A transit and municipal guy. Lots of climbing and skiing in BC. Executive Director at the TransLink Mayors' Council in Metro Vancouver.
Mike McDonald @bcmikemcd.bsky.social Hanging out at Hotel Pacifico
election-atlas.ca @electionatlasca.bsky.social Mapping election results across Canada